Former India batter Suresh Raina recently addressed Gautam Gambhir’s remarks about MS Dhoni’s iconic 2011 World Cup-winning six. During a podcast hosted by Shubhankar Mishra, Raina was asked about Gambhir’s comment that India didn’t win the World Cup because of a single six.
“Chakke Ne To Jitaya Hai” – Raina Defends Dhoni
Raina firmly dismissed the notion, stating the historic six indeed sealed India’s victory.
“𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊, 𝒔𝒂𝒃 𝒌𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒘𝒐𝒉 (𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒙, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕),” 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒊’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕.
He also highlighted that the World Cup triumph was a collective achievement involving every member of the squad, support staff, and fans.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒑, 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒂𝒋𝒊 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒓, 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔,” 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
Yuvraj Singh’s Impact Cannot Be Overlooked
Raina also credited Yuvraj Singh as a pivotal figure in India’s success, praising his performances across batting, bowling, and fielding.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒂𝒋 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒍. 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎,” 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅.
India’s 2011 World Cup victory remains a historic moment, with Raina reinforcing that it was a team effort where every individual’s contribution mattered.
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